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Daniel Steven Peña Sr. (10 August 1945–) is a Mexican-American businessman, oil baron, motivational speaker, Trump supporter, and intense climate change denier

Peña was born in Jacksonville, Florida on August 10. 1945. As a Child he grew up in East Los Angeles, A tough crime ridden neighbourhood. Peña's father, Manuel was lead investigator into the Assasination of Bobby Kennedy, as well as a WW2 & Korean War veteran. As a teenager, Peña committed crimes such as underage drinking. His father remedied this by letting the local police beat the boy in the watchouse after he was caught, Peña would consider this tough love as an adult. He would later gain much of his fortune in the Oil Industry. Being kicked out of his company Great Western Resources but then got his revenge by suing his former company. One of his biggest investments is Quantum Leap Advantage. A mentee program he has for young entrepreneurs. Said entrepreneurs have earned a trillion dollars added up. Thus earning Peña the nickname the trillion dollar man. even though his personal networth is only 500 million. He also was president and CEO of Kennedy Industries which invested in real estate, insurance & film & TV employing such names as Tony Curtis; Bob Goulet; Dolly Parton; Hoyt Axton; Bob Guccione; Dick Martin; Martin Landau; Karen Black; Peter O’Toole; Nick Nolte; Malcolm McDowell; Helen Mirren; John Gielgud; Etc.https://moneymade.io/learn/article/dan-pena-net-worth https://www.danpena.co.uk/about/

One of his more despicable traits is his brash often bullying advice to his mentees which he claims comes from his father's parenting. Another is his intense and vicious climate change denial (Which is to be expected from oil barons)https://climatefeedback.org/claimreview/video-falsely-claiming-to-be-barron-trump-also-falsely-claims-humans-arent-causing-climate-change/ /www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/26/instagram-posts/no-home-mortgages-dont-prove-climate-change-scam/ Naturally, He has given interviews with to fellow batshit sources like Joe Rogan & OANN

In the Upcoming Scottish elections, Peña has started to fashion himself as a Scottish Trump. Even adopting Trump's MAGA title, complete with hats. Only replacing America in the acronym with Angus. https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/trillion-dollar-man-dan-pena-26145347 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-26/the-latino-wealthy-a-new-breed e/https:/

The funny thing about him is the fact that other than Being an former oil baron who spreads climate misinformation, a complete wingnut & bullying git toward his proteges he seems to have done nothing illegal & surprisingly for a multi millionaire is legitimately self made.https://www.knowledgeformen.com/podcast-dan-pena/ Similar billionaire Elon Musk for example claims to be self-made but actually had a wealthy father who mined emerald mines.